# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-46-310P, 2000

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX00FA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA322.md): Piper PA-46-310P · So. Lake Tahoe, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 2000 · N88AM · Destroyed
  > The pilot's in-flight loss of control in the takeoff initial climb for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ATL00LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA084.md): Piper PA-46-310P · Vero Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 2000 · N4380S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inability to control the aircraft after landing due to a loss of engine power and landing gear failure for undetermined reasons. A factor in the severity of the accident was the impact with the airport marker lights.
- [NTSB LAX00FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA208.md): Piper PA-46-310P · Hawthorne, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 28, 2000 · N567YV · Destroyed
  > A partial loss of power due to water contamination in the fuel system and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which failed to detect the water. The pilot's failure to perform an engine run-up before takeoff is also causal. Additional causes are the…
- [NTSB LAX00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA117.md): Piper PA-46-310 · Palo Alto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 2000 · N43412 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to obtain/maintain the proper visual glide path resulting in an undershoot and collision with the runway edge.
- [NTSB NYC00LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA066.md): Piper PA-46-310P · Bradford, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 11, 2000 · N9103N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate ice/frost removal from the aircraft.
- [NTSB FTW00LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA067.md): Piper PA-46-310P · Corning, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 3, 2000 · N87NF · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A factor was the dark night light condition.
- [NTSB FTW00LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA057.md): Piper PA-46-310P · Odessa, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 2, 2000 · N4389W · Substantial damage
  > The separation of the #1 piston pin due to fatigue, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 2000
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7104605', '7104611', '7104624'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7104605&year=2000

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